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World Development Indicators

Military expenditure (% of GDP): Nigeria

Most recent
0.555429 (2024)
Earliest
0.695833 (1960)
Highest
10.317 (1969)
Years reported
65
Member state
Nigeria at the United Nations
010201960: 11961: 11962: 11963: 11964: 11965: 11966: 11967: 61968: 91969: 101970: 51971: 41972: 51973: 51974: 41975: 81976: 61977: 61978: 51979: 41980: 31981: 31982: 21983: 21984: 21985: 11986: 11987: 11988: 11989: 11990: 11991: 11992: 11993: 11994: 11995: 01996: 01997: 01998: 11999: 12000: 12001: 12002: 12003: 12004: 02005: 02006: 02007: 02008: 02009: 12010: 12011: 12012: 12013: 02014: 02015: 02016: 02017: 02018: 12019: 02020: 12021: 12022: 12023: 12024: 119602024
Military expenditure (% of GDP), 1960–2024. Bars, not a line: a line drawn across a year the source does not report would invent an observation a reader could not tell from a measured one.

Every year reported

YearMilitary expenditure (% of GDP)
20240.555429
20230.842654
20220.650167
20211.0127
20200.632023
20190.459171
20180.506945
20170.430671
20160.432948
20150.417637
20140.414719
20130.469695
20120.504265
20110.579227
20100.539231
20090.505856
20080.489084
20070.370355
20060.348375
20050.397423
20040.490997
20030.570708
20020.954338
20010.780316
20000.543532
19990.855416
19980.548312
19970.435836
19960.406178
19950.483559
19940.781452
19930.933218
19920.564011
19910.773691
19900.833115
19890.579895
19880.884351
19870.769794
19861.31155
19851.43679
19841.55679
19832.21984
19822.2672
19812.77007
19803.2956
19794.32233
19785.32605
19776.02412
19765.7914
19758.12407
19744.34401
19735.47847
19725.39027
19714.39212
19705.27925
196910.317
19689.15914
19675.8082
19661.10115
19651.40145
19641.2337
19631.10319
19621.09698
19610.849453
19600.695833

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